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1 Samuel 2

NLT 1
Then Hannah prayed: "My heart rejoices in the LORD! Oh, how the LORD has blessed me! Now I have an answer for my enemies, as I delight in your deliverance.
NIV 1
Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
NLT 2
No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God."
NIV 2
"There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
NLT 3
"Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don't speak with such arrogance! The LORD is a God who knows your deeds; and he will judge you for what you have done.
NIV 3
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
NLT 4
Those who were mighty are mighty no more; and those who were weak are now strong.
NIV 4
"The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
NLT 5
Those who were well fed are now starving; and those who were starving are now full. The barren woman now has seven children; but the woman with many children will have no more.
NIV 5
Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
NLT 6
The LORD brings both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.
NIV 6
"The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
NLT 7
The LORD makes one poor and another rich; he brings one down and lifts another up.
NIV 7
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
NLT 8
He lifts the poor from the dust -- yes, from a pile of ashes! He treats them like princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the LORD's, and he has set the world in order.
NIV 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.
NLT 9
He will protect his godly ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness. No one will succeed by strength alone.
NIV 9
He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails;
NLT 10
Those who fight against the LORD will be broken. He thunders against them from heaven; the LORD judges throughout the earth. He gives mighty strength to his king; he increases the might of his anointed one."
NIV 10
those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
NLT 11
Then Elkanah and Hannah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy became the LORD's helper, for he assisted Eli the priest.
NIV 11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.
NLT 12
Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
NIV 12
Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD.
NLT 13
or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,
NIV 13
Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
NLT 14
the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way.
NIV 14
He would plunge it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and the priest would take for himself whatever the fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
NLT 15
Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
NIV 15
But even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, but only raw."
NLT 16
The man offering the sacrifice might reply, "Take as much as you want, but the fat must first be burned." Then the servant would demand, "No, give it to me now, or I'll take it by force."
NIV 16
If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned up first, and then take whatever you want," the servant would then answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force."
NLT 17
So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD's sight, for they treated the LORD's offerings with contempt.
NIV 17
This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD's sight, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt.
NLT 18
Now Samuel, though only a boy, was the LORD's helper. He wore a linen tunic just like that of a priest.
NIV 18
But Samuel was ministering before the LORD--a boy wearing a linen ephod.
NLT 19
Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
NIV 19
Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
NLT 20
Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD."
NIV 20
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD." Then they would go home.
NLT 21
And the LORD gave Hannah three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
NIV 21
And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
NLT 22
Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
NIV 22
Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
NLT 23
Eli said to them, "I have been hearing reports from the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning?
NIV 23
So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.
NLT 24
You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD's people are not good.
NIV 24
No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people.
NLT 25
If someone sins against another person, God can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede?" But Eli's sons wouldn't listen to their father, for the LORD was already planning to put them to death.
NIV 25
If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's will to put them to death.
NLT 26
Meanwhile, as young Samuel grew taller, he also continued to gain favor with the LORD and with the people.
NIV 26
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men.
NLT 27
One day a prophet came to Eli and gave him this message from the LORD: "Didn't I reveal myself to your ancestors when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt?
NIV 27
Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father's house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?
NLT 28
I chose your ancestor Aaron from among all his relatives to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly garments as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.
NIV 28
I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your father's house all the offerings made with fire by the Israelites.
NLT 29
So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you honor your sons more than me -- for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people!"
NIV 29
Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?'
NLT 30
"Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The terrible things you are doing cannot continue! I had promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor only those who honor me, and I will despise those who despise me.
NIV 30
"Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and your father's house would minister before me forever.' But now the LORD declares: 'Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
NLT 31
I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will live to a ripe old age.
NIV 31
The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your family line
NLT 32
You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.
NIV 32
and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, in your family line there will never be an old man.
NLT 33
Those who are left alive will live in sadness and grief, and their children will die a violent death.
NIV 33
Every one of you that I do not cut off from my altar will be spared only to blind your eyes with tears and to grieve your heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.
NLT 34
And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day!"
NIV 34
" 'And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you--they will both die on the same day.
NLT 35
"Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I tell him to do. I will bless his descendants, and his family will be priests to my anointed kings forever.
NIV 35
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.
NLT 36
Then all of your descendants will bow before his descendants, begging for money and food. 'Please,' they will say, 'give us jobs among the priests so we will have enough to eat.'"
NIV 36
Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a crust of bread and plead, "Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat." ' "

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
(New Living Translation - The Bible Online)

New International Version

1 Samuel 2

NIV 1
Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
NIV 2
"There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
NIV 3
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
NIV 4
"The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
NIV 5
Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry hunger no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
NIV 6
"The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
NIV 7
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
NIV 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.
NIV 9
He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails;
NIV 10
those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
NIV 11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.
NIV 12
Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD.
NIV 13
Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
NIV 14
He would plunge it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and the priest would take for himself whatever the fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
NIV 15
But even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, but only raw."
NIV 16
If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned up first, and then take whatever you want," the servant would then answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force."
NIV 17
This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD's sight, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt.
NIV 18
But Samuel was ministering before the LORD--a boy wearing a linen ephod.
NIV 19
Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
NIV 20
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD." Then they would go home.
NIV 21
And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
NIV 22
Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
NIV 23
So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.
NIV 24
No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people.
NIV 25
If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's will to put them to death.
NIV 26
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men.
NIV 27
Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father's house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?
NIV 28
I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your father's house all the offerings made with fire by the Israelites.
NIV 29
Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?'
NIV 30
"Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and your father's house would minister before me forever.' But now the LORD declares: 'Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
NIV 31
The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your family line
NIV 32
and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, in your family line there will never be an old man.
NIV 33
Every one of you that I do not cut off from my altar will be spared only to blind your eyes with tears and to grieve your heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.
NIV 34
" 'And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you--they will both die on the same day.
NIV 35
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.
NIV 36
Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a crust of bread and plead, "Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat." ' "